Advertising change tray



Jan. 5, 1932. E. BRUNHOFF ADVERTISING CHANGE TRAY Filed Sept. 14, 1929 I, smut mm. 6 3 /u tion of which Patented Jan. 5, 193 2 f UNITED STATES PATENT o Fries snwaan mwlvnorr, or wzome. omo anvnnrrsme cmmea TRAY Application filed September 14, 1829. Serial No. 892,674. I

My invention-relates to improvements in advertising change tray. One of its objects is to provide an improved change tray adapted to serve as a means to advertise, attract attention to and assist in vending articles to be vended. Another object is to provide an improved change tray structure having a receptacle for articles to be vended and adapted to display said article to advantage and to directattention theretox Another object is to provide an improved advertising change tray structure part1 of glass, porcelain or similar material an partly of metal. Another object is to provide'an improved rein-' forced advertising change tray structure combined partly of glass or similar-material and partly of metal. My invention also comprises certain details of form and arrangement, and combination of com onents, all of which will be fully. set forth in the descripthe accompanying drawings, in

Fig. l 'is a perspectiyeview of an advertis ing change tray embodying my improvements. I Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

from which change is Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional detail taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. I 3 'Fig..4'is a perspective view of a reinforcin member detached.

e accompanying drawin illustrate one embodiment of my invention in which 15 represents a change tray member molded from glass, porcelain, or similar material, for instance" transparent glass. The member 15 is provided with an inclined top face 16, an annular rim or ledge 17, a head 18 around its base and a pocket'19 in which change is designed to bedepo'sited and concentrated, and

adapted to be conveniently removed. The member 15 is also adapted to be ornamented upon its inner face or under face with ornamental designs and colors, including advertising matter, trade marks, and similar illustrations, which show throughthe transparent material with an added finish and luster, and are housed and kept clean, and the outer face is adapted to be cleaned without injury to ,the appearance of '22, and attached thereto at its tray the designs and advertising matter. Spaces 20 and 21 are designed to show the mark and .advertising matter relating to the goods to be vende'd. Y

A sheet base member 22 has upturned projections 24 upon one end and upon the front and backto enable the member'15 to be slipped laterallyinto place with its bead 18 engaged by the projections 24 to lock and hold the member 15 .to the base member 22 as shown at the top and at its front is attached by rivets to the'base member 22, with one side of th'e tray 25 restin against one side of the member 15 so as to ock the member 15 firmly i place'relative to the base member 22 and a so tolock the tray 25 rigidly to the base member 22. Inorder base member 22 being b e'nt along or close to the line where the tray 25 meets the member 15, I preferably provide a reinforcing member 28 of sheet metal having ribs or ofisets 29 or corrugations 30, or both extending be neath the members 15 and 25 and transverse 1y to the line along which the members 15 and 25,meet,'to prevent the member 22 being bent or buckled. vAs illustrated the ribs 29 and corrugations 30 are formed in a piece of sheet metal separate from the base member by means-of rivets 32 and 33. have'their shanks passed through the base member 22 and'the reinforcing member 28 to hold them together. The rivets 33 pass through the lower inturned edge 39 of the 25, through the base member 22, and

through the reinforcing member 28 to hold the'tray, the base, and the reinforcing member together. Theriv'ets 32 and 33am provided with 'soft rubber heads 44 extending below the member'28 to serve as'a'soft cush ion support for the chem it to restupon the top o or varnished counter withbut injury thereto. Ifdesired the ribs 29 and corrugations 30 may be formed directly in theybase member 22, instead of in a separate member. Rivets 38 serveto attach the ledge 39,of the tray 25 to the base member 22 close to the'edge member 15.

e tray and enable in Fig. 1. A sheet metal tray 25 open.

four corners- The rivets 32 trade-- to prevent the a glass show case The traiy 25 is adapted to be kept filled or the rectangular tray member for holdin the partially lled with packages 36 o the goods latter against slidin longitudinally o the to be vended, and said packages 36 are debase member, a rein orcing member beneath signed to also display advertising matter, the base member extending across the points trade-marks and similar advertisingmatter of juncture of the tray members, means to 70 relating to the goods to be vended in an atrigidly secure said reinforcin member to tractive manner. The attention of a person said other tray member, and to t e base memreaching to the change tray for his change her thereby to fixedly secure the rectangular is particularly directed to the advertising member against all movement relative to the matter and also to the articles in the tray base member, and cushioning means conready to be vended. nected to said securing means to seat on a The apparatus herein shown and described counter or like supporting surface. is capable of considerable modification with- In testimony whereof I have aflixed my in the scope of the claims without departing signature, from the spirit'of my invention,

What I claim is: 1. Aportable support for a plurality of tray members arranged 1n side by side relation and one of which is 05 substantially EDWARD BRUNHOFF. so

go rectangular form, comprising a base mem- 35 her having cushioning means to .seaton a counter or like supportin surface, one of said last two named mem ers having proections along two of its ends and one side 25 thereof and the other of said last named members having grooves along its corresponding two ends and sides to slidably receive the projections of the first of said two named members, the other of the tray mem- 80 bers being engaged with the opposite side of the rectangular tray member for holding the latter against sliding longitudinally of the base member, and means to rigidly secure said other tray member to the base member ll thereby to fixedly secure the rectangular 1 I member against all movement relative to the base member.

2. A portable support for a plurality oi tray members arranged in side by side rela- 40 tion and one of which is substantially rec- 05 tangular in form and has beads along two of its ends and one side thereof, comprising a base member connecting the tray members having upturned projections engagin each 45 of the beads of the rectangular mem r, a

reinforcing member separate from the base member and secured to the underface thereof and eirtendin across'the junctural points of the tray mem ers, and means to connect the reinforcing member to the base member, said connecting means having cushioned surface engaging portions for supportingthe base member.

3. A portable support for a plurality of v tray members arranged in side by side relation and one of which is of substantially rectangular form, comprising a base member, one of said last two named members having projections along -wo of its ends and one side thereof and the other of said two last named members having grooves alon its corresponding two ends and sides to sli ably receive the projections of the first of said two named members, the other of the tray. mem-v I bers being engaged with the opposite side of w 

